It is so cool to think that there are two female, Indian actresses on prime-time American network television who are considered attractive and funny and smart.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I grew up, I never saw anyone looking like me on TV, you know? I'm so glad to see a lot more of us on television, whether it's Mindy Kaling or it's Irrfan Khan or Freida Pinto. You know, I hope, like, little girls across the world can just look at me and say, 'Ah, I want to be that!' Indian or not, it shouldn't matter.
I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence.
When I first started, all the media I ever got was, 'Hey! There's this Indian girl. And even though she is Indian, she gets views and stuff.'
I have always let the lack of Indian actors in the industry drive me, not hold me back. I remember an agent in L.A. telling me a few years ago that an Indian actor wouldn't ever make it in Hollywood, but my ethnicity has helped me.
There are so many brilliant women on television right now.
Whatever their reasons, Hollywood, or the entertainment industry, is saying something about Indians. I don't see the rest of the media knocking down any doors to do that.
I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.
There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts.
On American TV, there just aren't a lot of female leads in comedy, especially at the peak of all the Judd Apatow stuff.
Do people think women from Bollywood aren't smart?